Rescuing the Enlightenment from the Europeans

Critical Theories of Decolonization

Nikita Dhawan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

384 Seiten

2026
Duke University Press (Verlag)
9781478032939 (ISBN)

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In Rescuing the Enlightenment from the Europeans, Nikita Dhawan puts the critical project of decolonization into conversation with the Enlightenment. She explores the ethical-political challenges faced by postcolonial thought, which must be articulated using the very language of Enlightenment discourses on human rights, democracy, international law, sovereignty, and justice—even as these norms are subjects of postcolonial critique. Bridging postcolonial and Holocaust studies, while also highlighting the differences from decolonial approaches, she engages with thinkers ranging from Kant to the Frankfurt school to defend against accusations of normative nihilism, antisemitism, and epistemic servitude to Europe. Dhawan argues that criticizing the Enlightenment and its legacies does not necessarily entail rejecting them, nor does engaging with Enlightenment principles mean endorsing them unconditionally. Instead, she makes a case for rescuing the best aspects of the Enlightenment in order to further the critical project of decolonization.

Nikita Dhawan is Professor of Political Theory and the History of Political Thought at the Institute of Political Science, Technical University Dresden. She is the author of Impossible Speech: On the Politics of Silence and Violence.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.2.2026
Verlagsort	North Carolina
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	445 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-13	9781478032939 / 9781478032939
Zustand	Neuware